1913

Copyright © 2013 by Florian Illies
First published in Germany titled 1913: Der Sommer
des Jahrhunderts copyright © 2012 by S. Fischer Verlag
Translation copyright © 2013 by Shaun Whiteside and Jamie Lee Searle
First Melville House printing: October 2013

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The Library of Congress has cataloged
the hardcover edition of this book as follows:

Illies, Florian, 1971–
  1913 : the year before the storm / Florian Illies; translated by
Shaun Whiteside and Jamie Lee Searle.
   pages       cm
  ISBN 978-1-61219-351-9
  1. History, Modern—20th century. 2. Europe—Civilization—
History. 3. Europe—Intellectual life. 4. Authors and artists—
Europe—Anecdotes. 5. Europe—History—Anecdotes. I.
Whiteside, Shaun, translator. II. Searle, Jamie Lee, translator. III.
Title.
 D410.51913.I5513 2013
 940.2′88—dc23

2013030168

The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut,
which is funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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